Ultimate NPCs: Warfare D&D 5e Book - Tabletop RPG for Adults & Kids - Perfect for Campaigns & Game Nights

I bought this book, because I wanted to fill my 5E mercenary camp with some quick character sketches and stats. My husband's warlock was going to trigger--and try to survive--a bawl. This supplement gave me everything I needed; its last 30 pages have random encounter tables arranged by character type and challenge rating. But by the time I'd finished reading the book, I'd decided to change the brawl to a full-on war, just so my husband's warlock could meet all thirty of the characters that the earlier part of the supplement describes in detail. These characters vary in background, class, and alignment. Each one has stats for 1st, 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th and 20th level. The writers also supply little vignettes about these guys, where some characters even interact with one another. Some of the characters are more complex than others. The dwarven smith savant and the prophetic healer are a little closer to stock fantasy than the paladin who follows her congregation through the war camps, or a grave robber who gives last rites to the bodies he strips. But what this book accomplishes is a community of NPCs--and for someone who likes character-driven campaigns, that makes this book a must-have. Well done.